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(5 THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt WEDNESDAY, SEPTJ3MHEB 18, 11)01. The omaha Daily Bee. U. ItOSEWATKH, HDITOK. PUBLISHED KVF.HY MOItNINO. TKliMfl Ol HUnriCItlPTION Dally Uco (wlthotft Sunday), Uno Ycar.ftJ.tW iJiiy iioo unu rsunuuy, uno xcur... illustrated lice, Unu l'cur bumliiy Uvt, Unu Your fein until v lf..t fltia Vc.nr .......... S.00 2.W i.W l.W 'iwuntiuih Century Farmer, ono Year, l.w Dlil.lVKHlSU JIY UABIHIiH- Dally, without Munday, per copy...... Ually, without Huiuiny, per week. ll.illv, Inrtiiifllttir Unn.tul. ,w.r urpfk.i.h . 2c ,12U 170- i im-iuuun "iii'v i I ' tttiiviuv Hee. ntT toll v.. c OFF1CKH. Omaha: The Uco Building- ,, bouth Omnlni City Hull uulldlnfi Twen-ty-iirth and M Street. . Council blurts: lo'Poarl Street. Chicago: lew Unity Building. hew York! Temple Court. Washington: Mrt Fourteenth Street, .COmiKSPONDKNCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial mutter should bo uduresseu: Otnuha lift, Editorial Department. UUHINK9H LETTEH8. 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Ucorge U, Tischuck, secretary of Tho Ueo l'ubllsnlng Compuny, being duly sworn, nays that tho actual number of full and complete coplch of The Dully, Morning, I'.venlng and Sunday Uco printed during ma niunin or August, iwi, was us iuuuwb. .aa,aoo .US.4UO K !M,S70 is, us,aus 19 ar.,aTo "id sis,jwio 21 US,00 22 U.VI-IO 23 ua,4uo 2., U5,87( 25 B,830 26 ao.ooo 27 20,510 28 UT.SMO 29 SIT.OIO 30 3U.080 31 , SI7,aHO 3 ao.uio 4 ao.uoo c ub.iho ati.aid 7 us,:tuo 8 US,'JtO o aatso 10... aaiho a ; a5,(i4o 12 iiB.lBO 13 K5,1UU 14 an.oso 15;...-. aa.no is aa,aoo Total T,oao Less unsold and returned copies.... 7,835 Net total sale T8H.0U5 Not dally avcraga iift,4iU QKOnOEj B. TZ8CHUCK. flubscrlbed in my presenco ana sworn to beforo me this 31st day of August, A. D. 1901. M. U. HUNOATE. Notary Public. Just a Ilttlo real Ak-Snr-Bon weather would be relished now by nil hands. Military instruction for High school boys comes high, but apparently wo must hnvo It. One of the eastern leagues has a bull player named Coal. He should be able to put up a warm game of ball this kind of weather. It was fitting that Uio funeral exer cises of the late president should be simple. It was lu keeping with his modest, thoroughly American life. If tho state soldiers haven't had as much fun In Omaha as thoy figured on they have certainly had a taste of what camp Ilfo Is like under discouraging con dltlons. If tho government puts In smoke burning furnaces in the federal building it will be sottlBg an excellent example for a lot of private Individuals lu Omaha. Complaint Is niada In England that thero Is danger of' a pearl famine. Farmers In, this country will bo per fectly sntisfledvlth com to cast before their swine. Making military drill a part of the High school course for boys Isn't pan ning out Just as Its original promoters thought. At present it is a source of vxpenso and discontent. Democratic leaders wcro at a loss whero or how to commence business when tho convention assembled and It was discovered that W. II. Thompson was not a caudtdate for" any nonllua tlon. Tho gloom In. Lincoln today Is en hanced by the presenco of a lot of states men out of Jobs,, liol even .the sunlight of prosperity can illumine tho pathway of a fuslonlst whose name has been dropped from the public payroll. Tho Lincoln Journal . finds .cuuso for rejoicing in the, growth of tho stock ynraa Business nt Ht. Joseph. Tho fact that South Omaha still holds third nlncn seems to bo the only drawback to tho Journal's perfect content with llvo stock conditions. Theodore J. Shaffer ls'n'nllr.lnlf now tho bitterness .of defeat in a double measure. Ho ordered n strike without the support of his followers, and now that iie has culled the strike off he finds lio still lacks their support. Shaffer's cup is surely full this time. Omaha secinsllkcly to, become a still more important point In 'round-the-world commerce. Tho fact that Aus tralian malls sent via this city reach Londpu so.veral days curlier than when scut via Suez Is not to bo overlooked by oven tlio conservative British. Austrian, diplomats profess not to bo alarmed over tho conferences between tho cinr of Itusslit and the emperor of uormany ami also with tho presldout of France, Tho diplomats uavo likely participated In similar conferences anil know .how Ilttlo they really moan In shaping tlie course of nations. Tho director of tho Iowa weather bureau, crop service states that Iowa's crop of cora will bu larger than anv provtousetaiiitcft .hayp uccreiUtot) to tho state.' There Js.every reason (o'be- lleve that' Jriwllur conditions will lie found, to exist all through the corn belt when thu corn is placed 'lu the crins... . - "-The few who linvo inado themselves conspicuous by delivering slighting re marks bout the dead president and tho Koyernmenr, rapKiiy uiscover jnat suen Ideas aru 'more than unpopular. They should not presume to repeat, iti times 111 .1 L 1 t . ' k 1 . .... . pir preeeat wtiai uw panic is will ing to p over fit silent contempt ou ordinary eccaatoaa, talstaklag guchvl- kwca far aapreral. cvt.-v tufa' nt: refcrr ovn Then' I n very gMiural feeling that tlici-i! should be legislation forbidding the onlntneo Into the United HtutcH of tierwns-enlleil nuarchlsts. A Philadel phia paper submitted to a number of coiiKtVHsnieit the question ns to whelhor ' they von. lu faVor of such legislation nnd all answered, lu the ufllrmntlvo. It Is safe to assume, thoreforc, that the matter will receive attention early lu the coming session of congresM. It Is understood that tho commissioner of Immigration wjll draft .n bill for presentation to con grcss and from what he has said on the subject there is no doubt that he will make the bill sufficiently drastic. It Is the opinion of the commissioner that the Immigration Taws can be amended so ns to exclude from landing In this country persons known to be anarchists abroad by requiring of every Immigrant to present a certificate from the municipality a which he resided at home to the effect that he was a respectable, law-abiding man, that he was not In nuy way Identified with any anarchist organization and that he was of good character. In order to make such a law effective Com missioner Powdcrly suggests that representatives of the Immigration bureau should be stationed In foreign countries from which Immigrants come, whose duty It should bo to care fully examine Into the character of the Immigration tending toward the United States. Ho further suggests that all certificates should be passed upon and all Immigrants examined carefully be fore permitted to embark for the United States, so that Immigration officers would have n means of knowing something concerning the antecedents of those applying for ndmlssipn. The commissioner would also have a period of probutlon for aliens, during which they may be asked to leave the coun try for cause and the passage of a law so framed as to enablo the authorities to place tho strong hand of justice upon every anarchist who propagates such sentiments ns Inflamed the mind' of the Buffalo assassin. Ferhaps legislation of this kind would keep out some anarchists, but that it would result In keeping out nil persons Infected with the spirit of anarchy will hardly be .assumed. It Is tho judgment of the New York Even lug Post that the practical value of such legislation would Ik? small. "It would not keep out any anarchist who really desired to come to this coun try," remarks that paper. "Persons who have the purpose to assassinate the rulers of nations, nnd who take tho pains and' precautions to ac complish that end, would never be de terred from entering the Uuited States by nqy regulations that It would be possible to enforce. Nobody who has the Intention to commit murder will hesitate to take a false path." It' Is not difficult to understand how any legislation designed to keep out an archists might be evaded, as the re quirements of our Immigration, laws now arc., Undesirable Immigrants 'get Into tho United States through Canada, In spite of the vigilance exercised by Immigration officials. The fact Is that the Immigration laws and the natu ralization laws are not seriously de fective and it is doubtful If they can be much Improved. The question of excluding anarchists Is, however, 'mani festly Important and should receive careful consideration, lu the present temper of the country no legislation for thts purposo would be deemed too drastic. But it is necessary to con sider tho matter with reference to the attainment of practical results and not merely as an expression of detestation of nnarchism. ABOLISH COMMUHOIAL WAH, The "abolition entirely of commercial war with other countries" Is a fcaturo of the policy of tho new administration, While tho United States is not engaged In a commercial war with any country tho treatment of our products by Ger many and Ilussla, If persisted In, will bo very likely to bring on commercial war nnd It will bo tho policy of the now administration to endeavor to avert this. That Is obviously tho mean lug of' President Roosevelt's declara tion. He proposes to abolish commer cial war by entering iut'o trade rela tions wltfi other countries that may bo disposed to negotiate, to tho end that tho danger of commercial war be re moved. This is to be tho future policy, of our government. Tho country has come to it realization of what was said .by Mr. McKinlcy, that "we must not repose iii financial security that wo can forever sell everything and buy little or noth ing." No nut toil can buy very long .without selling; it must get the money from home source and it can hardly huvo money for purchases ubrouil If Its own Industries uro earning nothing. It Is also realized that the period of ex cluslveucsH Is past and that the solution of tho problem of commercial expansion will bo fpund lu a policy of good will and tfrlcudly trade relations with other countries. This, as was said by tho Into president, will prevent reprisals. Again liu wild: "Heelproelty treaties are lu ha'rmouy with the spirit of tho times; measures of retaliation are not. In the struggle for trade thero must be concessions mado and this country Is now in a position, by reason of IN great Industrial development, to mako con ces.slous without Injury to, Ita Indus- tiles or Its labor. Wu can say to tho rest of the world thot we are prepnred to enter Into fair nud equitable trade umiugemcnts, giving na much an we 'receive. If wo shall succeed In making this policy effective It Is reasonably to bo ex pected that It will do away with much of th(j opposition now being manifested lu Europe to American competition, be cause. It will give Europeans u better market here.- It Is uecessary to discuss the Idea, largely entertained, that this country can, by adhering to tho. course It bus pursued, destroy tho. Industries aud couimenre of Europe. Europe Is nut gojBg to shut up Its factories, sit down w rawness ana miy its 'supplies from the United States, for if it should bo Idle It would have nothing to pay us with. The continued prosperity of tills coiita try Is largely contingent lu the contin ued prosperity of Europe. We could not ruin Europe without. Injuring our solved. But It Is altogether foolish to talk of ruining Europe. It has been a good deal scared by American competi tion, but It will recover from this and adopting the methods that have made us greater than Europe capital nud In telligence and enterprise will rectify the situation. Meanwhile we sluill find It expedient to pursue the jmllcy which the Into president so forcefully urged In his' last public utterance nnd which Is fully ap proved by his successor. A XOTAHLE llRfOttil. Give the democrats credit for effect ing one notable reform at their recent county convention. ( Up to tlils ttmp the organization of all political parties lu Douglas cotifity has. been based upon an arbitrary system of representation lu nominating conven tions, absolutely at variance with every rule of right nud Justice. The demo crats have Just adopted n resolution In structing their committee to base the apportionment of delegates for future conventions upon the vote cast at tho preceding election for democratic candi dates. The particular plan contemplated In this resolution accords three delegates at large to each country precinct and to each city ward of Omaha and South Omnhrf and an additional delegate for every seventy-five votes or major frac tion thereof polled for the candidate taken for tho standard. This will make the representation of the various wards and precincts conform more or less di rectly to the voting strength contributed to the support of the party, and removes, to n great extent, the glaring Inequali ties of the old system. The reform thus effected In th-j demo cratic organization must sooner or later bo accomplished for the republicans. The republicans were tho first to agitate representation according to vote, but nt Its proposal they have. hesitated to go the full length. A great step In advance was taken by the republican committee In apportioning delegates to the coming county convention, In which a rough approximation to equality was reached. But the eventual goal must be that at which tho democrats have arrived, namely, a system that gauges represen tation In conventions according to the number of active republicans in tho re spective districts. President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association Is paying the penalty of having fought aud lost. That someone misjudged the situation Is painfully ap parent. The men themselves did not respond to Jtlio strike order wlh any unanimity and the association had no such foothold In tho non-union mills as had been supposed. It Is open to doubt, however, whether nil of the blame can be rightly laid to the door of Mr. Shaffer. The fight has been ex pensive enough to both sides to induce them to hesitate beforo plunging into another one, nnd this is about all the consolation the public can secure from the outcome. It Is no common event which can- In duce the workmen all over this land to lay down their tools for a day, great commercial houses to close nnd 77,000,- 000 of people to abandon tho pursuit of both profit and pleasure. To the sor rowing wife and personal friends of William MOKInley It tells of tho re vereiico In which the people hold his puro llfo and to the world It speaks the story of loyalty to country and tho men whom the people select to admin ister tho laws. Two of the most capable lawyers In Buffalo have been assigned by the court to defend the assassin of the president. Theirs is not a pleasant task1, but for tho reputation of the country tho pris oner must receive justice, and if he litis any defenso It should bp properly presented. Reputable lawyers would not seek such a case, but at the command of tho court they nro In honor bound to accept and do tho best lu their power for their client. Treasury statistics show that not only the foreign trade but tho Internal com merce of tho country Is steadily on tho Increase, as compared with previous years. There Is no reason to beltevo that n check' of nny consequence is likely to occur. The conditions which produced the business revival still -exist nud should be powerful enough to keep It going. Tho chairman of tho Iowa democratic committee asserts that tho present cam paign will be educational. If Iowa democrats will only pursue a thorough course of study for a row years, tho elections will be unanimous instead of the republican majority being only 00,000. Paylna hc Klilitler. Wnnhlnstou Post. John Bull will have to tako his hat In hand and. negotiate another loan in order to carry out his South African program. War Is not only exasperating but devilishly expensive. All Hrlra to Trouble. Detroit Krco PreiM. Mortal afflictions aro no respecter of. per. sons. Her royal highness, the duchess of York, was seized with a jumping toothache on her aproach to Canada and a dentist was telegraphed to meet her. Cffrct ( 1'lue Dream. Brooklyn Kaule. 'A book named "Whisperings, from an Old Pine" was reviewed In Mr. Bryan's paper in "Whispering from an'Old Pipe." Read ing this title In the Commoner one might al most txpect to And It followed by a con fession. Still, there are not so many pipe dreams In Nebraska as thero were. Partisan Mara Obliterated. Kansas City .Star. i It may bo said that the United States of America today Is literally without par tisanship. All sense bf political rivalry Ir overshadowed and swallowed up In the common feeling of affection for the dead president and sorrow for his tragic fate. This spirit of unity cannot continue In a great country filled with strenuous pcopU Ilko the Americans, but even tho briefest Interval of ueh toleration nnd harmony as now prevails throughout the land shows tho real nature of tho people nud It Is profit ablo and Inspiring. lit-xioiiH of Ilrfrnt. Chicago Post. The detent of the strike enforces Its own moral the old but ever new lesson of moderation, conservatism and common senso In leadership, l.nbor, when right nnd Just, will nqver have to submit to In vasion nnd oppression In tho United Stntes. It must not allow Itself to become Invasive nnd unfair In Its turn. 'Aftri-clnp of (lie Mrntlm. Philadelphia llccord. Tho secret ssrylce detectives say they are on tho sure trail of an extensively ramified conspiracy of anarchism and assassination. Is It not strange, then, that these vigilant guardians of public safety never got a hint of this conspiracy until a fanattc of anarchy struck down the president? Either the de tectives havo been extremely lax and negli gent In the past or they aro exaggerating as to the extent of the conspiracy. Too Much HnniUhnklnK. Minneapolis Times. All the newspapers are joining In the cry that It Is tlmo to stop tho Indiscrimi nate hand-shaking habit. It seems to us that public men may properly .refuse to shako hahds with people who are strangers to them, unless such strangers aro Intro duced by some one who can Vouch for them. In the case of a president ho should do this for Iho sake of tho people, If not for his own. Sppfd Pronrrsa on the Sea. . New York Englnerlng, Tho net result In respect of speed Is that whllo ten years ago tho highest sustained ocean speed was 20.7 knots, It Is now 23.S1 knots; the highest speed for largo warships was 22 knots and Is now 23 knots on a trial of double tho duration of those of ten years ago; the maximum speed attained by any craft wos 25 knots', as compared with 36.581 knots riow; whllo tho number of ships of over 20 knots was eight in 1891 and Is fifty eight now. '4 The Rejection of Sickle. Philadelphia Times. Thero is reason for pnltfnntlr.n In ll,a vs. fusal of tho Grand Army of the Republic to cicct uenerai Daniel E. Sickles as Its grand commander, after tho furious campaign he has made. General Sickles Is very well en titled to whatever honor attaches to the of fice. He is tho most' distinguished veteran of tho civil war nnw nMlvn In tun nn...i , -. , ... i u u uiauu Army, whllo the military reputation of Mr. xorrance naa not extended to this part of tho country. But this very fact should havo kept Sickles OUt Of tho Armnvnv nml n. soldler-like alliance with tho nfniilnn sharks by which ho sought to gain recogni tion as a, leadtr.. A Party of Martyr. St. Louis Qlobe-Dcmocrat. The ripubllcah party, In Its presidents elected by the people, may bo called a party of martyrs. Lincoln, Garfield and McKlu ley fell by tho hand of assassins; Grant, Hayes and Harrison wore spared. Thoro Is no other political party in tho history of constitutional government that has paid so heavy a cost In the murder of Its chosen leaders. Every president elevated by the republicans, or who formerly succeeded td offlce by death, has passed away. Of the vice presidents elected only Morton and Roosevelt survive. Yet tho republican party is less, thar fifty years old. Tho extent to whlchrits' presidents have suffered from assassination' Is' startling, whatever the analysis .of .'ta 'causes may be. i ij '. -renry'n.ork n Greenland. Springfield nopubllcan. The news from Lloutonant Peary, the Arc tic explorer, Is interesting and gratifying to American pride. Ho has accomplished much, tho past two years, his great feat being to round and map tho northern limit of the qreenland archipelago, which Is probably the most northerly7 land In the world. He has also reached the highest point north yet attained In the western hemisphere. Lieutenant Peary's two ef forts to reach tho polo have failed, but ho remains "dauntless and Is' already started on another campaign, which he hopes will prove successful . Tho significant thing to observe Is that Lieutenant Peary does not como homo and it looks as It his reported determination to plant the flag on tho pplo or die In the attempt would be grimly car ried through. The lieutenant's long expe rience In .Arctic exploration Is telling In his favor, as appears from his success In find ing game for food In the polar region, and if any one can reach the goal from the western side It .would seem as If Peary were the man. YMLLOW journalism. A Cancerete Kxnranle of Ita Reaalta 'Seen In Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eaglo. An Irish mechanic and a German grocer out Flatbush .way had a debato on Sat urday Tho grocer said he was not sorry President McKlriley was shot and he hoped ho would dlo, The mechanic first threat ened r to knock him down, but asked why he talked that way. The grocer said: "MrKlninv la .. t..j of .the trusts; they aro grinding tho Ufa out of tho poor man; If ho Is killed tho trusts will fall to pieces and tho pdor man will bo bpttor off." He added; "And I can provo Nvhat I say," The Irishman Inquired) "How can you provo that!" "By these," rejoined the Gorman, show lng to tho Irishman carefully preserved flies of tho editorials and cartoons of two Manhattan papers which havo rivaled one another for months and years In penning and picturing Mr. McKlnley as the head or tall, the maHtor or th'e alavo, tho chief or the tool of trusts, fclth remarks to show that tho rich aro becoming richer nnd thc poor lire becoming poorer with McKinlcy to blame for both results. Tho Irishman got Iho German to admit that ho was better off than ho ever was before, but ho could not convince him thero wero not a large number of people whom ho had never known or seen who wero a great deal, worse oft than they over wcro before and all on account of McKlnley and the trusts. The editorials and tho cartoons wero nil tho evidence he wanted. Ho was, theroforc, glad that tho president had boon shot and he hoped he would dlo. The Kagle has verified this Instance which a citizen who learned of It brought to our attention. There Is no doubt about It, There Is no doubt about the lesson (t teaches. There should bo no doubt about the effect of It on the conductors of the two papers which by editorials and pic tures brought about that state of mind In that German grocer. One of the class t,o whom such appeals were effective acted on tho spirit of them. He shot the president. Tho German grocer out Flatbush way is glad the president was shot arid Is sorry he did not die. He falls back on the editorials and cartoons of tho papers to Justify his feeling. Tho conductors of those papers would rather he bad not taken them so seriously. They did not mean ho should. They did not take themselves seriously Neither as asslnatlon nor 'anarchy was their object--only the sale, of more papers. Yet thero Is the president shot and there Is the Ger man grocer and there aro hundreds and thousands of others who believed that thu comment and cartoons of 'those papers were true and that tho conductors of them believed them to b true The Hard Coal Squeeze Springfield (Mnss.) Republican. Last year at this time the wholesalo prlco of tho restricted supply, Is a private of anthracite at tldownter was $4.21 a ton, monopoly, consulting Its own profit exclu- according to tho federal treasury bureau slvely, a very satisfactory agent for tho of statistics. Prices at this distance from performance of this servlceT lis present tidewater arc. of course, higher than In high pi Ices are dictated by tho considers- n ?u und "0W npproach 'T a ton r- tlon solely of higher profits, which profits tall, with tho prospect of a winter prlco have l.ee'n for years demonstrably extor- considerably In excess of $7 for the best tlonalo In the caso of the coal roads; nnd Hi.8' cvpn " ,no PUT080 ' the monopoly were The supply of hard coal Is, of course, the highly benovolrnt one-of forcing a more limited, and. so far as known, open to ex- restricted Use of the article In the Inter- haustlon within n definite period of time, cstn of future generations, tho propriety Tho calculation of the United States geo- of leaving such a matter to a private In- logical survey Is that the Pennsylvania sup- tercst would be none the less open to tpies- ply, at tho present rate of consumption, tlon. will last nbout 150 years, and any Increase But no such purpose governs the mo- In the output wjll shorten the time. Mean- nopoly. H Is bent upon taking from tho while no other noteworthy supplies aro consumer every dollar he can be made to being discovered anywhere. Of soft coal deliver up for this necessary of life and thero is an abundance which Is compara- upon nothing else and the price will con- tlvoly Inexhaustible, but soft coal for tlnuo to hn Milling n Mntll I annMiptiAB dwelling house use particularly Is most effectiveness In diverting consumption to disagreeable. Still, of course, It la chiefly soft coal substitutes and thon It will stop used In sections rcraoto from tho Pennsyl- going up. That the monopoly has no other vnnla coal fields, whose output to tho extent dwlre than to exploit the hard coal region of probably 75 por cent or moro Is con- tor Its own profit and not that of future sumed In the North Atlantic states. generations Is rather remarkably shown In But desirable as hard, coal Is for house- 11,0 tac that It Is exporting coal to tho hold stovo and furnace use, the much 'astern Dominion provinces In Increasing cheaper substitute of soft coal must come miantltles and selling it there at lower Into competition with It as tho price goes Prl(iM than are charged In less remote do up. This competition Is already extending mcstlc markets. Thus tho Portland (Me.) In tho eastern states for manufacturing I'rcl18 rcccnlly called attention to tho ad and transportation employment, and the vrtlscmcnt of Lehigh coal In St. John, heating of larg apartment houses In the N'' n" nt from 5 t0 S.35 after paying n cities from a central furnaco may also h,ty of 60 ccnls ,on' wh,, nl rort'nl. easily be diverted to bituminous coal. The Mo" a,8, nt, tidewater and 300 miles nearer hard coal monopoly must also reckon on the th" conl nelda' ,tb prlco U ,G S3, t oil discoveries In the southwest, which will ,Th,e mnoP'y thus appears to be em lessen the demand upon and tend to cheapen P oylnK tbe nw "niowh.t familiar device soft coal; but moro especially upon tho ex- P' ,,q' Jho homo mrket Itor all there tendlnc employment of water power for Z 1" h"dfoS .-,, .,.,... , . , , upon the foreign market at any price It dUianre. f V carried some w, br,B wllhln ucu ,mltg ag w? prc. tZ 5,' V Vh US manufflcturlnB vent reimportation Into tho United States, and local transportatlon-a source of energy Thcae Uml,B are much narroW0P than In whlchi In the eastern states, whero water tuo cag0 of m08t commodities controlled by power Is more abundant, must como Into trU8ts for there ls no tarff on nnr(1 coal, dlrect.corapctltfon with hard coal and limit but the cost of reshlpmont Is enough to tho demand for, It. Thus the anthracite favor tffo foreigner materially In this prae- monopoly Is not to have things entirely Its tlco of tho Pennsylvania coal monopoly, own way. Instead of our children receiving tho benc- Grautlng that the more economical or llm- fit of Its present exactions tho living for- lted use of hard coal Is desirable, In vlow olgner has been set up as the beneficiary. WIIF.5 JACKSON WAS ATTACKED. Korajotten Incident of History. Anierlenn In the flood of history respecting assaults on the person of tho prestdent of the United States, reprinted In connection with the awful tragedy at Buffalo, very little mention Is mado of tho attempt to asassl nato President Andrew Jackson sixty-six years ago. Doubtless the failure of tho would-be assassin to accomplish his hellish purpose accounts for tho Incident occupy ing so small a place in history, and the passing year helps to cover it with tho dust of tlmo. Yot tho assault was tho sensation of Its day and the escape of the, president, as subsequent examination showed, was Ilttlo short of the miraculous. An Interesting account of the affray and tho indignation provoked ls given In a letter found In the archives of a New York congressman who witnessed the assault and Is printed in the .New York Sun. The letter, addressed to the congressman's aunt, Is dated Washington, January 30, 1835, tho day of the event, and reads: "I have been under a high degree of excitement all the afternoon at a most daring attempt to assassinate the president at the capltol today. We had been attending the funeral of a .'deceased member, Congressman Davis of South Carolina, and; the president, as Is usual on such occasions, was present. Aftor the religious services In the hall wero concluded the corpse was removed ffom the hall throuah the rotunda by tho grand i piazza at the east to the hearse, followed by tho representatives, ecnatorB, presiaem, heads of departments and judiciary In pro cession. "Ab the president came out of the rotunda a man advanced toward him from the front and when he approached within two yards nresented a Dlstol and attempted to dis charge ft at his breast. It was what l called a percussion lock, which ls primed witn a little copper cap containing percussion or detonating powder, a material tho most combustible and constituting a means of firing. Tho cap exploded without discharg ing tho pistol, which was Instantly dropped by tho mjscreant and another drawn from his bosom and snapped at the president with a celerity that prevented all possible Inter ference by the bystanders and resistance by him. But he observed the attack and the Hon was aroused at once. He raised his cano (tho only weapon In his reach) nnd aimed a blow at tho assassin. At tho same time, Captain Gcdney seized him and threw hlra down. Mr. Woodbury, who had hold of the president's arm, Immediately as sisted and be was disarmed and secured. "The passions of the president were up and for a few' minutes his frown was ap palling. He is certainly tho most extra ordinary man of the age. No blenching, no timid misgiving even for a moment affected him. .He saw tho attempt upon his life was calculating, determined purpose and ho only thought of resistance, naked and unnrmed as he was. Every trace of age had fled ho stood a giant in his youth and towered above nil his attendants, as the falcon towers above partridges In its stoop upon the quarry. ' "But, my dear madam, what an astonish ing Instance of tho superintending care of Providence over a life so long dovoted to and ao Important to our country. Tho pis tols wero carefully cxnmlncd and provo to havo been heavily charged with the great est care and not peVrclvablo why they did not go off. Such an Instunco of tho falluro of two such weapons so prepared never oc curred In the knowledgo of nny man. They wcro calculated for the greatest certainly that such weapons admit of and ono would havo been willing to rely on their fatal fidelity for his life, and yot they failed. Blessed bo God for his mercy and that 'His arm Is not shortened that Ho cannot save.' "Tho monster .was- taken beforo the Judge and examined, but no light Is thrown upon this mysterious traneactlon. It has only trantplrcd that tho name of the culprit Is Lawrence, by trade a printer, raised In this city and hitherto of good character, but all Inducement to the perpetration of the dreadful crime Is undlscoverablo. Strange surmises art afloat. By Home It Is regarded as (he effect of Insanity, which receives some countcnat.co from tho strange doipe ration of tho attempt that was so made as to render all hopo of oscapo ImpoHslblo nnd also by the circumstances of his slating to the morsball whllo In his custody on tho way to examination In answer to ari In quiry why be had made such n nefarious attempt upon the llfo of the president that the preBldeut bad killed his father, when tho fact Is that his rather died In this cltv somo years ago, which he well knew. "Others think that they can discover In this daring villainy the consummation of the conspiracy which last winter occasioned those letters to bo sent to the president threatening him with OBiassinatlon If he did not retsore the government deposits to the Bank of the United State. All Is exclto ment. All Is mystery and wild conjecture. Time alone can solve tho mystery. I am still so agitated as to be scarcely able to Indlto a single, coherent paragraph and my hand trembles so as hardly to write legibly, although the act occurred at 2 o'clock and It Is now midnight. But I will dismiss this unpleasant subject if possible," rniiini:xTiAi, hicckssio.v. Set en Avnllnule Miiuatltate In Kvent of IlUablllty. The old scheme of presidential succession, which placed the speaker of the house of representatives next to the vice president nnd then stopped, was changed In the first session of the Forty-ninth congress, In 1880. Vice President Roosevelt having now as sumed the duties of president, the follow ing substitutes are provided, In caso he, and each of them In oVdcr, is disabled: The secretary of state. The secretary of tho treasury. The secretnry of war. The attorney cencral. Tho postmaster general. The eecrtnry of navy. The secretary of tho Interior.. In view of the constitutional provision that only native-born Americans shall be eligible to the office of president and vlco president, section 2 of the act of 1880 lim its its application to "such officers ns shall have been appointed, by the advice and con sent of tho senate, to the offices therein named and such as are eligible, to tho office of president tinder the constitution." Wo give here a list of the members of the cab inet, In accordance with the law providing for their succession, together with their places of birth: Secretary Hay Indiana Secretary Gage New York Secretary Root New York Attorney General Knox Pennsylvania Postmaster General Smith Connecticut Secretary Long Maine Secretary Hitchcock Alabama Secretary Wilson Scotland The Hon. James Wilson, therefore good American as he Is, Is tho single statesman not to be counted on in case the cabinet Is called upon to furnish a successor to Mc Klnley. , PEIISO.N'AI, XOTKS. Thomas Hardy has again, In an interview, denied the report that he Is to lecture next winter In this country. "I'm not a talker," be ls .quoted as saying. The people nf Fort Worth, Tex., have started a .fund for tho erection of a monu ment to the memory of Colonel John Peter Smith, who founded Fort Worth. A Boston paper has discovered over 300 happy couples In New England who have passed their golden wedding anniversary and It ls Btlll continuing In the search. Gvcr 113,000 has been collected In Ken tucky for a memorial to the late Governor Goebel and It has been decided that It shall take the form of n granite monument with fi statuo of the governor In bronze. At a fair In Hutchinson. Kan., there aro on exhibition three girl babies triplets who rejoice In tho names of Magdallne, Mandollno and Maudellnc. With them are exhibited threo stiver cups, presented to thorn by Governor Stanley. Tho oldest veteran who ever marched in p. Grand Army parade Is John A. Reed of Decatur, Ind., who stepped with his com rades In Cleveland last week. Mr. Reed Is 103 years old, but still carries himself with military crec'tness . Though now n resident of Indiana ho Is really on Ohio soldier, hav ing Joined tho One Hundred nnd Twenty-fourth- Ohio volunteer Infantry In 1862. Eight members of the jury that tried Guiteau, tho murderer of President Gnr flold, and whom tho assassin cursed bit terly In open court when they brought in tho verdict of guilty, yot survive, nlthough their averngo ago at tho tlmo nf tho trial was CO years. John P. Hanlln, tho tore man, still resides In Washington, halo and hearty, though, over thrcc-ocoro nnd tea. School Suits Our Hiiits for boyn', big nnd little, hnvo nil the ntyle that the young fellown could desire, and they nr,o innde of Hiieh durable niateriiilH and so thoroughly )vell ninde thnj. they will come an near as. anything eiih to defyjng the -rough and tumble wear" nnd healthy boy will subject them. t You'll find the prices till Browning, King & Co. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers, R. S. Wilcox, Manager. mi'Roro ami sunnF.nY. Portland Orcgonlan: It will be some con solation for tho public to feel that Mr. Mc Klnley did not lose his lite from any lack of courage or skill or vigilance on the part of his medical attendants. Chicago Chronicle: Notwithstanding the doctors' boasts over tho advance of the sciences of mcdlclno and surgery In the last twenty years It Is evident that there Is plenty of room for a further advance In th next twenty years. Brooklyn Kagle: No, there Is nothing to Arouse a national compunction as to the surgical treatment of the president. His attendants did what they believed for ths best nnd what undoubtedly was for th best. They did It, moreover, with a loving kindness that was medicine In, Itself and they took the whole American people, lata their confidence, as was that people's right. For what they did to save a life of valu to tho nation they deserve slncerest pralM, not blame. Chicago Tribune: If there Is to be any criticism of tho treatment of the case and It Is easy to criticise let It be con fined to tho profession. It there are ta be disputes botween physicians, as ther have been no many times, let them b fought out In tho medical journals and let them bo postponed until n seemly time. If such discussions can add anything to scien tific knowledge, or It thoy can mako It eas ier to snve life In future In tho case of wounds of this kind, then they might be profitable to tho profession, but they can have little Interest for the public . The pub lic should assume that tho doQtors, hava done tho beat they enn and they should be satisfied since, as It now apearr, noth ing moro that could havo been dona would have saved the patient's life, Buffalo Exprets: It Is curious, now that President McKlnley Is dead, that so many persons are found who oxprcss distrust of tho physicians' bulletins Issued during tho first few days of his Illness when rocov cry seemed to be beyond doubt. This dis trust In groundless and does a great In justice to men of high standing In their profession. Thero was no reason for mis leading the public as to the condition of tho president nnd the bulletins bear every evidence of being strictly truthful and of reflecting the patient's exact condition. Many laymen find It Impossible to believe that so sudden a change coutd have oc curred. But while these physicians, Ilka all men nro fallible, their Integrity ls above suspicion. Let criticism be withheld until tho full medical history of the case Is mada public. i.mirr ami bright. Somervllle Journal: "Well," said Cholly, with n sigh of relief, "that's n load off my mlmtr "Poor fellow!" exclaimed Mls Pert. "Didn't you huvo hard work lo .balance It?" Ohio State Journal: Air. Front pew I am our church choir, my clad you boloml to oil ilenr: It Is such nn orderly organisation. I never uco you whispering to one another during services. Mrs. Frontpow No; nono of us are on speaking terms. Chicago Tribune: The young man with the ox-blood negllgeo shirt and. the young womnn In the pink shirtwaist were lunching together. ' "Oh, you cannibal!" he said. For she wns eating a peach. "Oh, you cannibal!" she retorted. For he was eating roast clams. And silence reigned. Puck: WhcnWhe night watchman found a strange man stealing- funds from'the vault of .tho bank his Indignation fcnew.no bounds. "You've got nerve!" exclaimed the watch man. "Anybody'd think you wns employed here, actually!'' . Philadelphia Press: "I see by the paper." .remarked tho .Thomas r.at, .A'tbat sqcletK la taking- to playing the- violin. Heavens! "What's so Marin. IT I awful about. 117" Inquired "Why It's suro to become n fad, and think wlmt the Increased demand' for strings menus to us!" Chicago Tribune: "Ynll nlwfiVM VAt tin f 5 o'clock In tho morning, do you?'" said the inquisitive cousin. "What do you do with yourself nt Hint iincnrlhK- hmir?" M "Oh. I tinker around the house till break fast time." replied Mr. Mocker. "What do you tinker nt?" , "Er getting brenkfnst mostly," said Mr. Meeker, with somo reluctance. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Yes. the new g rl helped uh remember our crystal wed ding anniversary." "In what wuy?" "She broke seven tumblers and a cut glass berry dlsli." . Boston Herald: "I love you more than n I my wonlth!" exclaimed the' hero of tha play, as ho folded tho lending lady; in ha arms. Humph!" she whispered, as her head lay on his shoulder, "you know you got only $12 a week." But the audience did not hear this. Philadelphia Press; "So you won't laka my medicine," said the doctor who had I will not," replied the patient. "1 suppose you're one of these poor de luded bellies whn believe In throwing' pliyxlc to tlio dogH." KTnl l.iHlur.ri.l..,. Not Indiscriminately. Some dogs ara valuable, THK MAN WHO TKM.S HIS I)ltBAHS. Somervllle Journal, Tlii world I full of nwful bores v ,7Ti may bn one .yourself. ' 1 So much so thnt your friends would Ilka To put you on (ho shelf), But when f pons them In review, From mild ones (o extremes,. ' Among tho very worst I count ' , j The Miin Who Tells His Dreams.-, "I drenmrd Die strange! thing lu'nt riltHtl" Hn tellH vou when von meet. You heave u Igh. but, wretched rnanl . i-niiieni's cniun your icet. And then he, pours Into your ear ' A farrairo thnt neiims Of highest Interest to him. , rno mhii wno Ten in Dreams. ., -. . , . You Iry to break away, and can't, Hn hold vol hv the rnnt Until he's tnld Ills foolish tale, v rom enmmnnsense remote. What, cares he though Hl victim writhe And mentally hliiKphcmcs? He thinks nf no one but himself, Tho .Man Who Tells ills Dreams! jr. tear to which th right, too. t .-